Yes I'm talking about practice swings without a ball. 500 swings not necessarily all in a row maybe a few 2and a half men breaks in between. Should take you about 5 hours
I seem to remember some research from the '80s about two groups practicing free throws. One group actually shot them in the physical world while the other simply mentally "shot" them (perfectly in their minds). I think the results were either both groups became equally proficient or the "mental" group became better.
Anyway, I've at points in my life mentally practiced playing perfect golf as I drifted off to sleep. It helped, and I didn't even know what I know now about the swing thanks to Lynn and you all!
(BTW, flying right over Lynn as I post from an Airtran jet headed back to Ohio from Orlando. Hey, Lynn!)
And I thought one hundred swings was a lot I usually work on the MacDonald Drills, Flying Wedges, Plane Line Tracing, Basic and Acquired Motion, Startdown Waggles, and depending on the time of night (and if the roommates are gone ) i'll work with an Impact Bag. I usually do them in sets of twenty and do them until I feel confident with what I'm working on. That could be twenty reps, or a couple hundred on some nights
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In the foreward, Ben talks about getting Chapters 4,5 into your head as a prerequisite to getting better.
Might be a good place to start, with and without a club.
500 swings sounds excessive, and could lead to failing to get new grip, plane line, proper waggle, ect.
Swing, hold, rest, then back to the beginning of your address routine, even in the house, IMO. Maybe 25 of those, with deep focus, would be better than 500 sloppy ones?
Remember I said IF you had time to dedicate to your MOTION, most do not have the time. Hand motions count, any motion any swing with or without the ball. You could argue that making 500 swings without a ball might be more of a crash translation vs. Relative. Personally now that I have the right information and I know what to practice the only way for me to groove it is several hundred practice swings a day working on various different things, I just don't see how else to do it.
Remember I said IF you had time to dedicate to your MOTION, most do not have the time. Hand motions count, any motion any swing with or without the ball. You could argue that making 500 swings without a ball might be more of a crash translation vs. Relative. Personally now that I have the right information and I know what to practice the only way for me to groove it is several hundred practice swings a day working on various different things, I just don't see how else to do it.
Forming my correct Grip and Adjusted Address with slight Front Hip opening and slight forward shaft, I turn my Back Hip, feel the weight in PP # 3 and the left thumb and with a Balanced Stationary Head and know I'm on Plane right before I turn my chest and club Down , Out, and Forward watching the blur of the club as it pulls me to the Arrow Finish Swivel with Wedges still intact.
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HP, grant me the serenity to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change what I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Progress and not perfection is the goal every day!
Forming my correct Grip and Adjusted Address with slight Front Hip opening and slight forward shaft, I turn my Back Hip, feel the weight in PP # 3 and the left thumb and with a Balanced Stationary Head and know I'm on Plane right before I turn my chest and club Down , Out, and Forward watching the blur of the club as it pulls me to the Arrow Finish Swivel with Wedges still intact.
IC T
those are great things to practice. The key is working with a mirror or a reflection. Of course I play and hit balls as well but without doubt the at home practice has been the most productive. Make the correct motion and let the ball eventually get in the way.
Yes I'm talking about practice swings without a ball. 500 swings not necessarily all in a row maybe a few 2and a half men breaks in between. Should take you about 5 hours
I would NEVER take more than just a few practice swings without ball flight feedback. I'd be afraid I might be ingraining a flaw which had crept in.
I would NEVER take more than just a few practice swings without ball flight feedback. I'd be afraid I might be ingraining a flaw which had crept in.
3-F-4. PRACTICE RANGES. Then with the stroke pattern selections made, the foregoing translation procedures should be applied. It will be found that the indoor practice range is unquestionably the most effective place to perfect the assembly and adjustment of the golfing machine, with occasional check out trips to the outdoor driving range. There, the hypnotic effect of distance, line and hazard drawing the attention away from the hands and inducing a compulsion to steer the ball, can be analyzed and procedures adopted for correction. Then take your findings back to the course for final-- or semi final-- fitting. The indoor range is simply not the place for that.
So-- until feel can dependably reproduce a selected procedure, there must be a visual and conscious surveillance of each and all components previously adopted-- right up to the one in process. (study 5-0)
I usually work on the MacDonald Drills, Flying Wedges, Plane Line Tracing, Basic and Acquired Motion, Startdown Waggles, and depending on the time of night (and if the roommates are gone 
) i'll work with an Impact Bag. I usually do them in sets of twenty and do them until I feel confident with what I'm working on. That could be twenty reps, or a couple hundred on some nights 
Hybrid Mode
